[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Area. The following shows the number of visits paid by her in the Administrative County: — 1949 1948 To new cases which came to her knowledge and which had not undergone treatment ... ... ... 176 218 To old cases in which visits to the Treatment Centre had been discontinued before completion of treat- ment; also to old cases still under treatment ... 1,126 715 To Members of Voluntary Agencies ... ... ... 57 43 To Doctors and Midwives ... ... ... ... 118 64 General Cleanliness. The Health Visitors on the Staff perform splendid service in the way in which they help to provide a good standard of general cleanliness and in habits in the home. Their help in combating infestation of children with head-lice) is invaluable. They have been assisted in this work by the avail- ability of the new preparations containing D.D.T., etc., which have proved very effective, the degree of freedom being noticeably raised. Homes are visited periodically until children attain the age of 5 years and subsequently as found necessary at School] Inspections, and Health Visitors are thus able to carry on the individual work of advising* and assisting parents in respeict of children of all ages. The Nursery Schools in the County also play an important part in the educative work of teaching clean habits to the toddlers.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28861681_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
